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Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand.


Not sure about the ID on this.
Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand.


Not sure about the ID on this.
Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand.

Author: William Thomas Stearn, 1955
Family:  STERCULIACEAE*
Origin:  Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  50 Centimetres
Height:  20 Meters
Flower:  White
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Sterculia fulgens Wall. ex Mast.
Firmiana fulgens,
K.Schum.
Erythropsis pallens,
Henry Nicholas Ridley, 1934.
Sterculia pallens
Wall. ex King.
Clompanus fulgens, Kuntze
Erythropsis fulgens,
Ridl.
Firmiana pallens,
Stearn
Sterculia fulgens,
Wall. ex Mast.
Sterculia wallichii
, G.Don.

This member of the Sterculiaceae* family was be given this name by William Thomas Stearn in 1955. It is found in southern Asia, growing on limestone or other well drained soil with some water and some sun. It will grow to a slim tree with a stem 50 centimetres in diameter and 20 meters high. The flowers are white

The genera name  in honour of Joseph von Firmian, 18th century Imperial Governor of Lombardy. The species name means 'pale'.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Sterculiaceae is now part of the Malvaceae.


Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand.


The flowers from Efloraofindia.